''Sen Yan's Devotion'' is a 1924 British drama film directed and written by
A.E. Coleby
Albert Ernest Coleby (1876 – 15 July 1930) was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era.
Selected filmography Director
* ''Peg Woffington'' (1912)
* ''Mysteries of London'' (1915)
* ''The Lure of Drink'' (1915)
* '' Ke ...
.
Sessue Hayakawa
, known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man ...
,
Tsuru Aoki
was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures. ...
,
,
Jeff Barlow
Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871.
Selected filmography
* '' Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915)
* '' The Man Who Bought London'' (1916)
* ''Trouble for Nothing'' (1916)
* ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917)
* '' The Happy W ...
and
Tom Coventry
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
featured in the film.
Plot
A servant of a Japanese prince works to get back important papers of the line of succession.
Cast
*
Sessue Hayakawa
, known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man ...
as Sen Yan
*
Tsuru Aoki
was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures. ...
as Sen Yan's wife
*
as Lutan Singh
*
Jeff Barlow
Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871.
Selected filmography
* '' Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915)
* '' The Man Who Bought London'' (1916)
* ''Trouble for Nothing'' (1916)
* ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917)
* '' The Happy W ...
as Prince Huo Sang
*
as Lutan Singh
*
Tom Coventry
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
as Li Chang
*
Johnny Butt
John William H. Butt (1870–1931) was an English film actor of the silent era.
He was born in Bradford and died in North Bierley, West Yorkshire.
Selected filmography
* ''The Chimes'' (1914)
* ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915)
* '' The G ...
as O Ming
*
Henry Nicholls-Bates as Wung Li
References
External links
*
1924 films
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
1924 drama films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
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